Arkansas’ economy is growing — and quickly. Over the past few years, the state has seen a steady stream of large-scale development projects, including advanced steel mills, manufacturing facilities, production plants and more. The state has also welcomed announcements from…
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The Pollster: Founding Mother of the Arkansas Poll to Retire After 25 Years as Director
Pictured above: Janine Parry, who grew the Arkansas Poll into a nationally respected source, will retire following the spring semester. (Photos provided) Dutiful, steadfast, diligent — that is how Janine Parry, professor of political science at the University of…
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Arkansans Still Seeing Red: Checking the Presidential Snapshot A Year Out
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffVoting sentiments appear to be shaking out as expected when it comes to the 2024 presidential election in Arkansas. The Natural State continues to see red. In fact, Arkansas voted 32 percent more Republican than the national average in 2020,…
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Truth in Sentencing Just One Piece of Arkansas’ Prison Reforms
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaAshley County’s borders are platted in perfect right angles on three sides, with only its western edge snaking and squiggling along the course of the Saline and Ouachita rivers. Viewed on a map, the county has the general shape of…
Pictured above: Be Pro Be Proud’s Draft Day helps connect students with potential employers. (Photos provided) There are many unsung heroes that keep our economy rolling and make our way of life possible in the first place. Many are the…
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Workarounds: How Employers Are Navigating Remote and Hybrid Work
by Mak Millardby Mak MillardAs far as watershed moments go, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have triggered the biggest shakeup in work culture since Henry Ford decided to give the five-day, 40-hour workweek a try. What started as a public health measure has since…
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The Hidden Labor Pool: Leveraging Nontraditional Employees Requires Creativity, Empathy
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaThere have been any number of terms used to describe the current labor crunch in Arkansas, and with current statistics being what they are, economists can now apply another descriptor: historic. No matter how you slice it, Arkansas is in…
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Maverick, Trailblazer, Leader: Joseph Wood Never Took the Easy Path
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaFor as long as he can remember, Joseph Wood has felt just a little bit different from the people around him. Adopted into a large family, he felt at times growing up a stranger among siblings, and attending college in…
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Dynamic Duo: Debbie and Shane Broadway
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffPhoto by Bryan Clifton Arkansas is full of “dynamic duos,” those couples and partners in business who’ve made lasting impacts on their communities. And they come in many different flavors, from community business leaders to those Arkansans making noise on…
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Crash Diets Don’t Work: Supply Chain Lesson for Transitioning from Fossil Fuels
An off-script remark about big oil companies during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address gave his political opponents an opportunity to unite in mock laughter. But what shouldn’t be missed in the partisan exchange is that it highlighted…